Wednesday, September 1, 2010

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)

'Unprecedented' challenge to save Chilean miners (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:38 PM PDT

In this photo released by Chile's government, men work on a new drill to be used in the rescue operation of 33 trapped miners at the San Jose mine in Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Thirty-three men stuck far underground are now the longest-trapped miners in recent history as a huge drill begins digging a planned escape route. The miners have been trapped since Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Chilean Government)AP - The effort to save 33 men trapped deep in a Chilean mine is an unprecedented challenge, mining safety experts said Tuesday. It means months of drilling, then a harrowing three-hour trip in a cage up a narrow hole carved through solid rock.

"Tony Blair: I cried for Iraq war victims" (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:40 AM PDT

FILE - This is a Tuesday, March 23, 2010 file photo of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who is now a special Mideast representative, addresses the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington. Blair's book is a political memoir with celebrity trappings secrecy, security, controversy and a multimillion-dollar deal. Tony Blair's 'A Journey' is published Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010 promising to give readers behind-the-curtain insights into major world events from the death of Princess Diana to the Sept.11 attacks and the invasion of Iraq. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)AP - Tony Blair's long-awaited memoir says the former British prime minister doesn't regret the Iraq war — although he wept for the victims — and carries revelations about the politician's alcohol use, his interactions with the queen and his testy relationship with his successor.

Gates arrives in Iraq as combat mission ends (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:37 AM PDT

US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates walks off his plane at Al-Assad Air Base in Iraq on a surprise visit as the US Army officially ends its combat mission in Iraq(AFP/Pool/Jim Watson)AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday thanked U.S. troops in Iraq as they formally close down their combat mission.

Israeli settlers to resume West Bank construction (AP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:30 AM PDT

Palestinian children, waving green Islamic flags and making a victory sign, participate a rally, to celebrate a militant attack in the southern West Bank, in the Jebaliya Refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)AP - Israeli settlers in the West Bank said Wednesday that they will break a government freeze on construction in their communities to protest a Palestinian shooting attack that killed four Israelis on the eve of new peace talks between the Israelis and Palestinians in Washington.

Greens party supports Australian Labor Party gov't (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 10:36 PM PDT

AP - A Greens lawmaker agreed Wednesday to help the center-left Labor Party form a minority Australian government in a climate-focused alliance while other kingmaker legislators said they are close to deciding whether to back Labor or a conservative coalition.

Ugandan Guerrillas in the Lord's Resistance Army Fight in Sudan (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army is supposed to be on the run and desperate. Why, then, has it spread its terror to even more countries?

Vivendi reports 6.6 percent rise in profits (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:43 AM PDT

A close up photo shows the keys of a mobile telephone. French media and telecom group Vivendi have reported a 6.6 percent rise in net profits to 1.26 billion euros (1.59 billion dollars) for the first half of the year.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - French media and telecom group Vivendi on Wednesday reported a 6.6 percent rise in net profits to 1.26 billion euros (1.59 billion dollars) for the first half of the year.

Palestinian kills 4 Israelis on eve of peace talks (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:17 PM PDT

Israeli policemen gather at a site of a shooting attack near the Jewish settlement of Kiryat Arbah, Tuesday, Aug, 31, 2010. A Palestinian gunman opened fire on an Israeli vehicle traveling in the West Bank on Tuesday, killing four passengers, authorities said, in a deadly attack that cast a long shadow over Mideast peace talks set to start this week. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Palestinian gunmen opened fire Tuesday on an Israeli car in the West Bank and killed four passengers on the eve of a new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. The Islamic militant group Hamas claimed responsibility.

Video: Captured Mexican drug lord knew top capos (AP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:35 PM PDT

Federal police stand guard by Texas-born kingpin Edgar Valdez Villarreal, alias 'the Barbie,' center, during his presentation to the press in Mexico City, Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010. Valdez, who was captured on Monday by federal police, faces drug trafficking charges in the U.S. and has been blamed for a vicious turf war that has included bodies hung from bridges and shootouts in central Mexico. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)AP - A former Texas high school football player and petty street dealer who allegedly rose to become one of Mexico's most savage assassins says he personally knew the country's top drug lords and shipped cocaine from Colombia through Panama.

England, S.Africa win in women's F.Hockey W.Cup upsets (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 07:47 PM PDT

Spain's Silvia Munoz falls on top of South Africa's Lisa-Marie Deetlefs during the field hockey Group B match in the women's World Cup 2010 in Rosario, Argentina. S.Africa won 2-1.(AFP/Daniel Garcia)AFP - England upset China 1-0 and South Africa pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over Spain in the women's field hockey World Cup while host Argentina edged South Korea 1-0.

Doubts grows over N.Korea Kim succession (AFP)

Posted: 01 Sep 2010 12:53 AM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (R) waves to the crowd at the Kumyagang Army-People Power Station in South Hamgyong Province. Scepticism is growing about the prospect of a second dynastic succession as North Korea prepares for a rare meeting expected to endorse the process, a welfare group with cross-border contacts said Wednesday.(AFP/KCNA via KNS/File)AFP - Scepticism is growing about the prospect of a second dynastic succession as North Korea prepares for a rare meeting expected to endorse the process, a welfare group with cross-border contacts said Wednesday.

Canadian economy slows sharply in second quarter (Reuters)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:43 AM PDT

Reuters - Canada's economic growth rate slowed more sharply than expected in the second quarter on weaker consumer spending and trade performance, fueling uncertainty about the pace of interest rate hikes by the Bank of Canada.

Australian Greens back PM as coalition talks progress (AFP)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:24 PM PDT

Greens Party leader Bob Brown speaks to the media in Melbourne in August 2010. Brown declared his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard as tortuous negotiations to form a minority government inched forward.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australia's only Greens MP Wednesday declared his support for Prime Minister Julia Gillard as tortuous negotiations to form a minority government inched forward.

Obama declares U.S. combat mission in Iraq over (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 04:17 PM PDT

McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — After more than seven years of war, President Barack Obama declared the combat mission in Iraq over on Tuesday night, saying that's in the best interests of both Iraqis and Americans and that ending combat will help the United States focus on new priorities, especially restoring the economy.

Hamas targets Israeli-Palestinian talks by killing four Israelis (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 02:08 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As Middle Eastern leaders gathered in Washington to inaugurate a new round of Israeli-Palestinian talks, Hamas gunmen killed four Israeli settlers in their car outside the West Bank city of Hebron.

Amsterdam Arrests: Terrorism Trial Run for Yemeni Men? (Time.com)

Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT

Time.com - Were al Soofi and al Murisi, the two U.S. residents of Yemeni origin who were apprehended in Amsterdam on Monday, performing a trial run for a terrorism attack?
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